Sebastian keller



ltroALL WHoMfI'r MAY GONCEEN:

SEBASTIAN KELLER, 'OF vELIZABETHTOWN,. PENSYLVANIA.

Letters-Patent No. 75,551, datea"Mmh'17,18ee.

IMPROVEMENT 1E PORTABLE EENcE.

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v Be it known that I, SEBASTIAN. KELLER, of Elizabethtown, in the county of Lancaster, in the -State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new and improved Mode of Constructing Portable Fencing; and I do hereby `Ideclare' that the-following is a full and'. exact description thereovreterence being hadfto the accompanying lra\iings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon..

The nature 4of my invention consists inxthe mode of constructing portablefencing, by means of a stake passing through between the first and rsecond grails from the top, secured by a.- key passi-ng .through the stake,

and bracing the pa.nels together, as shown in Iligure A of the annexed drawing. A.

'To enable others skilled in the art to malte and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction. Figure A shows nnend view` of the fence in a finishedstate, except thatthe uprghts are not shown.. Figure'B shows la frontview. Y l ,v 'Y C is'the stalte,`with key shown iu its place; .-D, small pegto protectthe fence from being raised by'hogs, &c.', 32e.' EYE arecoiner panels, one of which is like'the rest of thefence, except the slots 3 3; the other, saine, except one end upright is at ari-angle with the slope oi' the fence',nand the top and bottom rails only are extended, being notched, 4 '4,lto match v In making the; fence, it will be necessary to regulate the space between the rs't and second rails from v thetop, according to the thickness of the stakes to be used,y(vhich is not partculiliffdesired/to. drive them in the ground, to give more strength tothe `i'e11ce,yvhich would beivell enough, at leest, every lthi'yd orfourth Apanel'and also according to the slope of the fence and' stake desired.

TheA hole to receive the key 2 should be, straight through the stake l(f, at I 2. i' It willbc Seen at gs. A and B, at 5 6,' that all .the rails lap over their corresponding rails on saine side, except theflower one, which laps on the' opposite side, binding the whole structure-together. v Y

In sections oi' 'country where sevcrc'storms' are prevalent, or in cascsabov referred to, the peg D can be used to advantage, but is, only required, in such cases, to be applied asv'shown at 7 8perniittingthe head to rest against the upright that secures the outside lower rail. 'Where the Vground is very hilly, it'will only be necessary to lauthcipanels over just enoughuto receive the stake betiveenthe rails, as before described.

4 `It will be seeuthat the'advantages gained in this fence over others zare, first, itanbe putup and taken down; with but little labor; second, that it. is in a straight linenot, requiring so much room as a zigzag;,`the

bonrdslnie nailed about ive or six` inches from the end, and not iiable'to split; third,"thatfit slopeson eitherv liside, which protects-itfromthe wind' and from cattle rubbing against-it; fourth, it is simple, and 4can be made cheaply, w-hich enables levery farmer to be his own fence-maker.

What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, iss- The modcof supporting portable fencing as herin described.

l SEBASTIAN KELLERL VI Yitnesses H., M.` Baena-MAN, Janus WILsoN: 

